Year 7SC Week 4 November 16, 2009
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Lesson 4 – Bizarre Facts: Assessing Reliability
1. Label the URL on the first sheet of CD Resource 4a as a class. Complete the second sheet, filling in the missing countries and identifying the domain types. Considering the URL (or website address) can help to assess the reliability of a website.
2. Look at CD Resource 4b on the Smartboard (or look at www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/) What do you think about this information? Does it seem true?
3. Find three things on the page that might indicate reliability and three things that suggest unreliability.
If you finish the activities early, use a search engine to find at least two websites which give information on a favourite band or singer. Take screengrabs of the sites and annotate them (in pen/pencil) to show parts of the site that indicate reliability and parts that show unreliability.
9W Period 2 Monday 16th November 2009 November 16, 2009
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Task 1 Presentation Checklist
The following presentation brief from Ms Thora Thunders, the senior manager at Mayhem Manor Theme Park details what should be included in your presentation;
Key things that the presentation must include:
- A chart comparing the projected and actual sales figures for this year
- Financial model showing projected costs and revenue, including any additional money-making activities
- At least two predictions and recommendations based on the model
Additionally:
- The presentation should include a title slide including one image of the big wheel
- All slides should contain the theme park banner image (you can find this in CD Resource 9d – Big wheel images)
- Each slide should be self-explanatory; therefore all charts and tables must be annotated to explain exactly what they are showing.
Design features
Design of the presentation should be clear and professional, using appropriate fonts and colours.
The directors will be asking questions about the information you give in the presentation, so be prepared to answer them!
You will also need your financial model and charts you created in Lesson 7 and your predictions and recommendations from Lesson 8.
TASK 2 2 stars and a wish. (Are you following the presentation brief?)
Take a look at the presentation brief (Reso9c) which is displayed above. Now take a look at your buddy’s presentation. Does your partner’s presentation answer each point on the brief?
Printed a copy of the presentation brief;
- tick off the objectives that have been answered satisfactorily
- circle or highlight any points that have not been answered.
Now continue with your own presentation focusing on the points your buddy has circled.
EXTENSION WORK
Search the Internet for an advert / poster that you particularly like. It must be advertising something and must include both text and pictures.
9Z Period 1 Monday 16th November 2009 November 16, 2009
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WEEK 9 – 3rd November
9.1 Lesson 9 Mayhem Manor: Presenting Findings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In today’s lesson you will learn how to;
- Create a presentation for a specific audience and purpose.
- Evaluate the presentation.
STARTER: Elements that make an Effective Presentation.
Grab a white board, pen and cloth. Work in pairs. Watch the presentation for the Sun Seekers Holidays Annual Sales Conference (Reso9a). Jot down on your white boards the elements that make an effective presentation.
The presentation has been designed to show the managers of a company (the audience) how they preformed against their objectives for the year (the purpose). Watch the presentation for the Sun Seekers Holidays Annual Sales Conference (reso9a) again. Jot down on your white boards why each element listed is appropriate for that audience and purpose.
TASK 1 Assessing Audience
Your audience is the Board of Directors. These are very important people who own the theme park, so what they think counts! They will expect to see a very professional, clear presentation that gives them the information they need. Your audience will affect your design choices.
Open the Designing for Audiences worksheet (Reso9b). Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to name dialogue box. Call the document “Designing for Audiences”. Work in your pairs. Look at the table and decide which of the design elements on the left would be appropriate for a presentation to the Board of Directors, and which you would not use. Make a comment about why you have made each choice
TASK 2 Plan a Presentation.
Read the following presentation brief from Ms Thora Thunders, the senior manager at Mayhem Manor Theme Park;
Key things that the presentation must include:
- A chart comparing the projected and actual sales figures for this year
- Financial model showing projected costs and revenue, including any additional money-making activities
- At least two predictions and recommendations based on the model
Additionally:
- The presentation should include a title slide including one image of the big wheel
- All slides should contain the theme park banner image (you can find this in CD Resource 9d – Big wheel images)
- Each slide should be self-explanatory; therefore all charts and tables must be annotated to explain exactly what they are showing.
Design features
Design of the presentation should be clear and professional, using appropriate fonts and colours.
The directors will be asking questions about the information you give in the presentation, so be prepared to answer them!
You will also need your financial model and charts you created in Lesson 7 and your predictions and recommendations from Lesson 8.
- Create a plan for your presentation using the squared paper and the coloured post-its. It should show the content of each slide. It should show the order of the slides. Use images from the image bank (Reso9d).
EXAMPLE of a tabular plan:
| Record Company Presentation | |
| Slide 1 | Title slide. Title and subtitle; picture of band; sound clip of the new single |
| Slide 2 | Description of the band and music; photo from gig |
| Slide 3 | Bar chart showing position in download chart |
| Slide 4 | Table showing profit the band made |
- Use the presentation brief to check your partners plan. Look at each bullet point in turn and check that your partner’s presentation answers that point. If the answer to any point is NO then help them to address that problem.
TASK 3 Create a NEW Presentation.
Open PowerPoint and save the new presentation into your Presentation folder, which is within your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Call the presentation “Predictions and Recommendations”. Change to Note Page view and add your name, form and group to the FOOTER (View / Header and Footer / Footer / Apply to All).
TASK 4 Create your Slide Design.
Before you add your content, decide on the colours and fonts you want to use. (Make sure that you have added this in your plan!) It is best to do this using the Slide Master. To open the Slide Master, choose View / Master / Slide Master.
To change the background colour, choose Format / Background and select a colour or fill effect from the drop-down menu. Click on Apply to All if you are happy with the colour you have selected.
REMEMBER: any colours, fonts and images you put on the Slide Master will automatically be placed on all slides in your presentation.
To go back to your slides, choose Close Master View o the Slide Master toolbar.
TASK 5 Inserting Charts and Tables
To insert a chart onto a slide, find the chart and click on it to select it. Then choose Edit / Copy.
Go to your presentation document and find the slide where you want to place the chart.
Choose Edit / Paste. The chart will be inserted into the slide. You can move the chart around and resize it if you need to.
You can do the same with tables.
If you want to edit anything in a table or chart, double click on it. This will open the object as an editable object.
TASK 6 Inserting Text and Screenshots
You can copy and paste text and screenshots from the report you created in the last tutorial.
Make sure the slide layout is set to Titles and Text by choosing Format / Slide Layout.
Then find your text, and copy and paste it into the text box. You may need to resize the text or change the font colour so that it is clear and readable.
TASK 7 Insert Images
You can use the images from the images bank (Reso9d) to make your slides more attractive.
REMEMBER No more than TWO images per slide.
TASK 8 Are you following the presentation brief?
Take a look at the presentation brief (Reso9c) which is displayed on the white board. Now take a look at your buddy’s presentation. Does your partner’s presentation answer each point on the brief?
On your printed copy of the presentation brief;
- tick off the objectives that have been answered satisfactorily
- circle or highlight any points that have not been answered.
Now continue with your own presentation focusing on the points your buddy has circled.
TEST YOURSELF
I would like 4 volunteers to present their presentations to the class. The remainder of the class must be members of the Board of Directors. You must be prepared to ask sensible questions about the information given in the presentations.
EXTENSION WORK
Search the Internet for an advert / poster that you particularly like. It must be advertising something and must include both text and pictures.
11D1 – Period 2: Friday 13th November November 12, 2009
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Starter: DTP Codebreaker
Task 1
DTP Multiple Choice Questions
Task 2
Click here for online test papers, scroll down and look for ICT L2 Practice Test – there are 4 to choose from
Task 3
Continuing with portfolio
8S and 8C Week 3 HTML Code November 12, 2009
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Well done so far. Everyone has managed to produce a working webpage.
Please continue working through the html coding chapters at your own pace. Remember that if you have a problem getting something to work it is often handy to get another person to have a look at your code as it may be a simple error.
http://www.goodellgroup.com/tutorial/toc.html
- By the end of lesson 1 you should all have got to the ‘Review’ section.
- By the end of lesson 2 you should have a colourful web-page to view, includng some pictures and links.
Next week it is exams but if we do ICT at all I will be setting you a task to begin creating your own homepage so start thinking about what you may like to include!
Mrs Woodcock
7W Period 2 Thursday 12th November 2009 November 12, 2009
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Yacapaca – time to show off your knowledge
Using the username and password on your piece of paper, please log on to yacapaca.com If this link doesn’t work, you may need to access internet explorer and type:http/yacapaca.com in the search bar. As a last resort, try it in google 
Now click on home and click on the Unit 7.2 test – answer the questions to the best of your ability.
Today we are starting a new unit: 7.3 Endangered Animals: Understanding a corporate image.
Warm up: write ‘corporate image’ in the air. Listen to Mrs Lloyd for furhter instructions.
Objectives:
Understand and be able to explain what is meant by a ‘corporate image’
Apply elements of the corporate image to produce a suitable front cover for WWF.
Please create a new folder in your documents called Unit 7.3 – Endangered Animals.
(working until end of term) Overall Aim: Plan and produce a leaflet with your own logo – of a professional quality. Using images that are fit for purpose and text which has been checked for spelling and grammar. Sophisticated use of colour is used providing reasons for your choices. The leaflet should be of a professional standard so that it could be used by an organisation such as PEAT.
Task 1
Opent the file called Example WWF leaflet front covers Res1a which can be found in Pupils:\Senior Pupils\ICT\Y07\Unit 7.3 Endangered Animals\Lesson_1.
With this file open, complete the similarities and differences worksheet.
Task 2
You have been asked to create the 3rd edition of the leaflet. Open the WWF Leaflet and WWF Images and Information documents which can be found in the same folder as before. Insert the images and information into the correct places on the template to create the 3rd edition of the leaflet.
Review:
What do we understand by ‘corporate image’?
11GCSE – Period 5: Thursday 12th November November 12, 2009
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Starter: Countdown
Task 1 – Introduction to Forms
You need to design and implement a form for each of your tables. The whole point of creating a form is to make data entry as easy as possible for anyone using your database, you can also customise your form to make it look professional. Things you can add to your forms are;
- Fields (obviously)
- Drop down lists
- Instructions
- Titles
- Pictures / Logos
- Buttons (to help you navigate, add records, delete records, close the form etc.)
In your implementation log you only need to show each technique you are using once. If you plan carefully, you could show a different techniques on different forms thereby showing off all your forms in your log.
10S3 Period 5 Friday 13th November 2009 November 11, 2009
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continuing last lesson…
Print your Text document.
Print preview your work BEFORE you print it. Check that your NAME is in the header. Have you included:
- BEFORE – with web address.
- CHANGES – font type, size, style, colour and (MOST IMPORTANT) wording
- AFTER – Text wich will be included in your leaflet.
NOW print your work to the KC2mono printer.
LESSON 4
Starter: What do you know about spreadsheets? Try this QUIZ to find out.
Task C – Developing numbers
1. From the website catalogue and the printed catalogues you have found, identify a selection of outfits which will be suitable for a teenager to attend a formal event.
2. In MS Excel, open a new spreadsheet and save it with a sensible name (e.g. “Cost of Formal Outfit for Teenager”) and put a suitable heading at the top (e.g. “Cost of Formal Outfit for Teenager”).
3. For each of your shops you need to list the items and their prices which you have chosen for the outfit (e.g. hat or other head wear, dress, suit or other suitable attire, footwear, outer clothing such as a coat, jacket if required, other accessories such as handbag or bouquet if required).
4. You will need to calculate;
- a total for each using =SUM
- an average cost across the outlets using =AVERAGE
- rank the total costs using =RANK
5. Print out your spreadsheet ON ONE PAGE with the numbers showing. Add your NAME, FORM / GROUP and DATE to the header and PAGE NUMBERS to the footer.
If time… (or else we will continue next lesson)
6. Print out your spreadsheet ON ONE PAGE with the formulas showing (Tools-Options-Formulas) as well as gridlines and row and column headings.
http://www.teach-ict.net/software/excel/with_sound/formula/rank.html
9Y Period 1 Friday 13th November 2009 November 11, 2009
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WEEK 8 – 20th October
9.1 Lesson 8 Mayhem Manor: Testing Predictions and Reporting Back.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In today’s lesson you will learn how to;
- Experiment with a model to test scenarios and predictions.
Starter:
Grab a white board, pen and cloth. Work in pairs. Look at Starter model (Reso8a). Consider each of the following scenarios;
- Would it be better if we sold Queue-jumpers at half-price, but increased Season tickets to £130.00 each?
- The Met Office is predicting really bad weather in August. What will happen to our profit if we only sell half as many tickets in that month?
- If that happens, will it help us to open the park in October, assuming that we sell the same amount of tickets as in April?
- If we run a TV advertising campaign, we think we can sell twice as many tickets. However, it will cost £250,000. Is it worth doing?
Jot down on your white boards what you might predict would happen in real-life situations. Guestimate! You do not need to test these yet!
- Why is it hard to guess what some outcomes might be?
Making predictions is one of the most useful aspects of spreadsheet models. You will now use your model to predict what will happen in the situations listed above.
Task 1 Using a Model to Predict Results.
Open a copy of Starter model (Reso8a). Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to the header (View / Header and Footer / Custom Header). Call the spreadsheet Predictions using Starter Model.
Look at the presentation Manager’s questions to remind you what the predictions are.
Make a copy of Sheet 1 (Hold the Ctrl button, click on the Sheet 1 tab and drag it to the right with the mouse.
Rename Sheet 1 copy, Queue-jumpers by double clicking on it and typing in the new name.
Make three more copies of sheet 1.
Rename each one;
- August
- October
- TV advert
Work in pairs. Jot down on your white boards HOW each question could be tested by changing variables and rules. Let’s pool our thoughts!
Task 2 Change Variables to Test a Prediction
Open Queue-jumpers sheet. Make a note of the Profit / Loss figure on your white board. Change the variables for the price of the Queue-jumpers and Season tickets. Make a note of the new Profit / Loss. Is it more or less than before? Can you answer question 1 now?
Open Word. Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to the header (View / Header and Footer). Call the document Predictions using Starter Model. Type in question one – “Would it be better if we sold Queue-jumpers at half-price, but increased Season tickets to £130.00 each?” Then type in your answer to question one. Then paste a screenshot of your revised model (Queue-jumpers).
Task 3 Whether the weather is hot, or not…
Don’t be distracted by irrelevant information – what will happen to the Profit / Loss figure if half the number of tickets is sold in August? Open August sheet. Make a note of the Profit / Loss figure on your white board. Change the relevant variables. Make a note of the new Profit / Loss. Is it more or less than before? Can you answer question 2 now?
Type in question two – “The Met Office is predicting really bad weather in August into. What will happen to our profit if we only sell half as many tickets in that month?”, your word document Then type in your answer to question two. Then paste a screenshot of your revised model (August).
Task 4 Add New Variables and Revise Rules
Open October sheet. Add a new column for the October sales figures. Then copy and paste the figure from April. Revise the formulae for total ticket sales to include October figures. Make a note of the Profit / Loss figure on your white board. Change the relevant variables. Make a note of the new Profit / Loss. Is it more or less than before? Can you answer question 3 now?
Type in question three – “If that happens, will it help us to open the park in October, assuming that we sell the same amount of tickets as in April?”, into your word document Then type in your answer to question three. Then paste a screenshot of your revised model (October).
Task 5 Change formulae to Test a Prediction.
Open TV advert sheet. Change the costs table to include the new cost, and revise the formula for total costs. The easiest way to show the new ticket sales is to adapt the formula for total ticket sales. What would the new formula have to include in order to show double the current ticket sales? Experiment with the formula, and test that it works with a calculator.
Type in question four – “If we run a TV advertising campaign, we think we can sell twice as many tickets. However, it will cost £250,000. Is it worth doing?”, into your word document. Then type in your answer to question four. Then paste a screenshot of your revised model (TV advert).
Task 6 Predictions and recommendations
Work in pairs. Jot down on your white boards any recommendations you would make to the manager. Let’s pool our ideas – Are you surprised by any of the results?
You will now create a formal report to present to the manager outlining your recommendations.
Open Word. Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to the header (View / Header and Footer). Call the document Predictions using Starter Model. Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to the header (View / Header and Footer). Call the document Predictions and recommendations. Outline your four predictions and the recommendations that you would make. Here is an example answer for Scenario 1 – If Queue-jumpers are reduced to £5.00 and Season tickets are increased to £130.00, profit goes down (£23,485 instead of £25,445.00). Therefore, I would recommend leaving the price of Queue-jumpers and Season tickets as they are, because changing them would result in the park making £1960.00 less profit. Now do the rest yourself.
TEST YOURSELF
Work in pairs. Explain to your partner your predictions and recommendations for the four scenarios. Now I would like four set of volunteers. Each group will to go through their prediction and recommendation for one of the scenarios, on the white board and explain them to the class.
EXTENDED TASK
Open the Email to manager document. Save this into your Unit 9.1 Mayhem Manor folder. Add your name to the header (View / Header and Footer). Call the document Email to manager. Use your Predictions and recommendations to write a formal email to the manager. REMEMBER to add your name to the footer (View / Header and Footer). Print your work to the KC2mono printer.
8Y Period 4 Wednesday 11th November 2009 November 11, 2009
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Year 8 2008 2009
WEEK 9 – 3rd November.
8.2 Lesson 1 and 2 Jump on the Bandwagon: Evaluating Website Design, Structure and Layout.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In today’s lesson you will learn how to;
- Evaluate the design of a website in terms of colour, layout and navigation.
- Understand the importance of designing for audience and purpose.
- Design the structure of a site and the layout of pages.
Task 1 Setting up a New Folder
Within your ICT folder create a new folder called Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon.
STARTER – Colour Coded Websites.
Open Colour Coded Websites (Reso1a) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the NAME dialogue box. Work in your pairs. Visit each of the four websites on the spider diagram on the worksheet by clicking on the links. With your partner, decide if it is well designed, badly designed, or somewhere in between. Write a note in each text box to remind you of why you made that decision. Drag the coloured circle that relates to each website onto the sliding scale, to show how you rate the website generally. REMEMBER: Write down three things that you think are important in a good website.
INTRODUCTION
In this unit you are going to put together a chart topping band, and create a website for them so their fans can keep up with what they are doing! The website will give the band’s fans lots of interesting facts about the band, and include photos, gig dates and lots of other band related information. The bands fans are 11-15 years of age, so you will need to make the website appealing to them.
Task 2 Good and Bad Website Design.
Open Good and Bad Website Design (Reso1b) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the NAME dialogue box. Work in your pairs. Look at the following websites:
and fill in the table to evaluate the design of each site. Make sure that you look at several pages on each site before you evaluate the design. Are these sites well designed? Explain your choices in the boxes. You should comment on each of the six points listed:
- Is the background colour consistent on each page?
- Are the images clear and not distorted?
- Is the text clear and easy to read?
- Is the text all the same font and size?
- Is the site easy to navigate?
- Is the layout of each page the same?
Task 3 Navigating Websites.
Grab a white board, pen and cloth. Work in pairs. Open the following websites:
Look at the different ways of navigating these sites. Jot down on your white boards advantages and disadvantages of each method of navigation.
- Links are shown by underlined text, buttons or rollovers. A rollover link changes in some way (e.g. colour) when you move the mouse over it, to show that it is a link. They can also be called mouseovers.
- Menus are lists of links which make it very easy to see what all the pages in a website contain. These can be simple lists or dropdown menus.
- Search boxes allow site visitors to search for something very specific.
Task 4 Audience and Purpose.
Open Website Evaluation (Reso1c) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the NAME dialogue box. Work in your pairs. Look at the following websites:
For each site you need to comment on the following:
- Audience – Is it for adults or children?
- Purpose – What is the purpose of the site (selling, entertainment, education, advertising, information)?
- Navigation – Is it easy to find your way around the site? What type of navigation is there (hyperlinks, image links, buttons, searching)?
- Colours and layout – Are the colours easy on the eye? Are they suited to the audience? Is the layout clear and uncluttered?
- Images and animation – Are images appropriate? Is there any animation? Is this appropriate for the audience and purpose?
The way a website is designed will be affected by who (audience) it is aimed at, and what it is for (purpose). A website aimed at young people will look very different to one that is intended to be used by adults. Colour, images and graphics all need to be aimed at the right audience. A site that is for shopping online will look very different to a site that is for information or entertainment.
TEST YOUSELF
Open homework (Reso1d) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the NAME dialogue box. Work in your pairs. You have been commissioned to design a website for a new up-and-coming band. First you need to show the band’s manager that you know what makes a good website design! Use the table to list what criteria are needed for a good website design. Thinking about what you have learned about website design, you need to think of criteria that will allow you to judge the effectiveness of your website.
WEEK 9 – 3rd November.
8.2 Lesson 1 and 2 Jump on the Bandwagon: Evaluating Website Design, Structure and Layout. (continued)
STARTER.
Open Starter (Reso2a) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the footer (View / Header and Footer / Notes and Handouts / Footer). Work in your pairs. Drag and drop the orange lozenges into the most appropriate box. (e.g. Gig review into the Gigs box, Band member into Band biography box).
Task 1 Your Favourite Band’s Official Website.
Find your favourite band’s official website. On your white boards jot down the following information;
- The band’s last gig
- The name of their latest CD.
The first person to bring me this information will receive a house point.
Task 2 Planning the Structure of your Favourite Band’s Website.
The band wants the site to have a homepage and at least four more pages.
- Watch the Structure and Layout presentation (Reso2c) (1-8).
- On your copy of the Structure Planning (Reso2b) worksheet, plan how the structure of your own band’s website. Create a site map – each box represents a web page. Write in each box what the main topic for that page will be, and a note about its content. (e.g. TOPIC – News and Reviews, NOTES – This page will have news and articles and reviews of gigs. It will also have a photo of the band).
- Add links to show how visitors will navigate around your site. Each page in the site needs to link to the homepage. Do this by adding lines between the pages. You can also add links between pages in the site.
- Watch the Structure and Layout presentation (Reso2c) (9-17).
A good website usually has the same layout on every page of the site. This makes it easier to navigate around the site. Most sites have a title at the top and a menu on the left.
- On your copy of the Layout Sketch (Reso2d) worksheet, sketch a draft page layout for your website in the browser window. Label your diagram to show where each element will be. REMEMBER, this layout is going to be the same on ALL your web pages. You should include at least the following elements in your design:
- Band name and / or band logo
- Navigation buttons (hyperlinks)
- Text
- Image or images
You can add more elements if you like – but don’t clutter up the page too much, as this will make it confusing for visitors.
TEST YOURSELF
Work in pairs. When you have completed both the sitemap and a page layout design, swap them with your partner. On your white board jot down;
- One positive comment on their site map.
- One improvement on their site map.
- One positive comment on their page layout.
- One improvement on their page layout.
EXTENSION WORK
Open Create a Band (Reso2e) worksheet. Save it into your Unit 8.2 Jump on the Bandwagon folder. Add your name to the NAME dialogue box. Work in your pairs. Create your own imaginary band. You can include yourself and some of your friends as band members, or you can invent your band members.
